Attendance

Chronic absenteeism means missing 10% or more of school days in a year.

5 to 7.5 million students are chronically absent each year.

Students who are chronically absent are less likely to succeed academically and more likely to drop out of school.

Attending school every day increases your chances of success in school and in life.

A student is chronically absent if he or she misses as few as two days of school a month.

2 DAYS PER MONTH X 9 MONTHS = CHRONIC ABSENCE

Chronic Absenteeism Statistics

Absenteeism in kindergarten can affect whether a child develops the grit and perseverance needed to succeed in school.

Absenteeism in preschool and kindergarten can influence whether a child will be held back in third grade.

Research proves that students who are chronically absent in kindergarten and first grade are far less likely to read proficiently by third grade.

For every day of school missed, it takes three days to make up what was taught.

By the sixth grade, if a student continues to be chronically absent, it is a leading indicator of whether he or she will drop out of high school.

In the ninth grade, chronic absences are a better indicator than test scores of a student’s likelihood to graduate from high school.

Kindergarten and first-grade classes often have absenteeism rates as high as those in high school. Many of these absences are excused, but still add up to lost time in the classroom.

Students who attend school regularly are more likely to graduate and find good jobs. In fact, a high school graduate makes on average $1 million more than a dropout over a lifetime.

A student who misses 10 days or more during a school year is 20 percent less likely to graduate from high school and 25 percent less likely to ever enroll in college.

Chronic absence can affect a student’s ability to earn a living. Dropouts are less likely to succeed in a career, and even those who do graduate will not do well at work without good attendance habits.

Skipping school may sound fun, but doing so can have serious consequences including jail time, fines or even the loss of a driver’s license.

Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.

An estimated 5 million to 7.5 million U.S. students miss nearly a month of school each year.

Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.

By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high School.

Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.

The academic impact of missing that much school is the same whether the absences are excused or unexcused. Suspensions also add to lost time in the classroom.

When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances of graduating.

The mortality rate of high school dropouts is over two times greater than that for adults with some college education.